Timeline: Old Testament Timeline

Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE

Bronze ages (early, middle, late)

Early:3300 BC-2200 BC
Middle: 2200 BC-1500 BC
Late: 1500BC-1200 BC

2166 BCE

Abram/Abraham

Period: 2030 BCE to 1650 BCE

Egyptian Middle Kingdom

1446 BCE

Exodus

Pt. 3 Some say there is a lack of historical written Egyptian accounts but Asscociates for Bible Research notes “We should not expect to find such written records, however, because of the lack of historical records of any kind from Rameses and the Egyptian penchant for keeping negative events from their history by not recording them”...

1446 BCE

Exodus

Pt. 1
There is much debate concerning the date of the Exodus. When debate occurs, one should always define the terms in discussion. Zondervan's Pictorial Bible Dictionary defines the term Exodus by stating that it is the "event which terminated the sojourn of Israel in Egypt". One's conclusion does not disqualify him from being a Christian, yet it is important to historical accuracy and biblical interpretation when teaching the text...

1446 BCE

Exodus

Pt. 2 According to Encountering the Old Testament by Bill T Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer the two dates in discussion are 1446 BC and 1275 BC.
Dating the Exodus at 1446 BC is more historically accurate than dating it at 1257 BC. According to the ESV Commentary “working from the figure of 480 years found in 1 Kings 6:1 for the time since the exodus to Solomon’s fourth year calculate a date of 1446 BC”. When literally adding up the numbers found in the Word of God the earlier date is the conclusion..

1446 BCE

Exodus

Pt 4 One should not worry about negative Egyptian records because they would not write about this dramatic defeat. The conservative and correct date of the Exodus is 1446 BC.

1446 BCE